Metiochodes Chopard, 1931

Li, Kai, He, Zhuqing & Liu, Xianwei, 2010, A taxonomic study of the genus Metiochodes Chopard from China (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae), Zootaxa 2506, pp. 43-50 : 43

Metiochodes Chopard, 1931

Metiochodes Chopard, 1931 . Bull. Raffles Mus., No.6: 137; Chopard, 1932. Ark. Zool. 23A N:o 9: 13; Chopard, 1951. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 4(9): 477; Chopard, 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12: 337; Chopard, 1969. In Sewell [Ed.]. The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries 2: 299; Otte, 1994. Orthoptera Species File 1: 42; Yin & Liu, 1995. Synopsis on the classification of Grylloidea and Gryllotalpoidea from China: 31 (English p. 186); Ingrisch & Garai, 2001. Esperiana 8: 759.

Type species: Metiochodes flavescens Chopard, 1931

Body small, slender. Vertex flattened, eyes mostly horizontal lengthened, 5th joint of maxillary palpi widen. Anterior tibiae with tympana on inner side. Hind tibia with three pairs of dorsal spurs and five apical spurs. Tegmen with pubescence, veins longitudinal and parallel in both sexes, wings developed. Male genitalia varied. Ovipositor short and curved, apical valves not broader than the stem, margins with acute teeth.